Man in India 

About: Man in India is an academic journal. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Population & Tribe. It has an ISSN identifier of 0025-1569. Over the lifetime, 442 publications have been published receiving 1086 citations.

Causes for variation in social and economic conditions among tribes of Indian Central Himalaya: A comparative study

Abstract: As many as five tribal communities reside in the Central Himalayan region of India. These communities are unique in their culture, resource use pattern and in their relation with their environment. Efforts to develop these communities have been accelerated by the government in post-independence planning era, and perceptible development have occurred in their social and economic life. However, difference in the social and economic conditions are clearly visible in these communities which are, largely, effected by resource base, culture and also ecology. The AA. try to to understand the variation in social and economic condition among three mountain tribes inhabiting the Indian Central Himalayan region and to trace the causes for such variation. These tribal communities, i.e., the Jaunsaries, the Bhotias and the Rajis, constitute about 35.62% of total tribal population of the region.

The sacred groves of Meghalaya

Abstract: L'A. detaille les origines des bocages a Meghalaya et compare leur densite par rapport a d'autres regions d'Asie du Sud. Les contraintes de la deforestation sont discutees. Les types de bocages sont classes et decrits avec, pour certains cas, des details botaniques. L'A. termine sur une revue de la valeur les mecanismes de conservation traditionnels dans un systeme de conservation d'une aire protegee

Inculcating higher-order thinking skills in mathematics: why is it so hard?

Abstract: Despite the challenges in delivering the content of the mathematics syllabus, teachers nowadays are also facing difficulties in catering for a wide range of students' abilities. Each student has the ability to learn mathematics at a different rate. However, students' potential for learning mathematics can be lost if it is not discovered and supported at the appropriate time (Borovik and Gardiner, 2006). Throughout the transformation of education in Malaysia, which emphasizes higher-order thinking skills among students, students' performance in mathematics has persistently been poor. Therefore, this study will highlight the challenges mathematics teachers face in inculcating higher-order thinking skills among students. This study was conducted with 160 mathematics teachers who were selected from secondary schools in Johor state. All the respondents were asked to give their response to the open ended questions regarding the difficulties they faced in teaching higher-order thinking skills. All the collected data were analysed by thematic analysis. The result showed that three main factors (teachers, students, and others) contribute to the challenges mathematics teachers face in inculcating higher order thinking skills. Based on the result, this study could serve as a guideline to provide intervention in addressing the corresponding challenges faced by mathematics teachers in inculcating higher-order thinking skills among students.

Level of awareness about AIDS: a comparative study of girls of two senior secondary schools of Chandigarh.

Abstract: A study of 110 female adolescents 14-18 years of age attending government senior secondary schools (1 urban and 1 rural) in Chandigarh India in 1994 compared awareness of AIDS. 84.48% of urban and 90.39% of rural students agreed that the sex education they received in school was inadequate. AIDS was identified as an infectious disease by 67.24% of urban and 63.36% of rural students. Modes of HIV transmission identified by urban and rural girls respectively included: use of unsterilized needles for injection (81.03% and 25.0%) drinking from the same glass as an infected person (6.89% and 17.3%) sex with an infected person (81.03% and 59.62%) and mosquito bites (8.62% and 7.69%). 12.07% of urban students and 55.77% of their rural counterparts believed there is a cure for AIDS. The main sources of information about AIDS for urban and rural students respectively were: newspaper articles (56.89% and 21.15%) television (62.07% and 50.00%) magazine articles (34.49% and 9.62%) conversations with friends (25.89% and 11.54%) and discussions with health care professionals (13.79% and 1.92%). 82.76% of urban students and 67.31% of rural students were afraid of contracting HIV/AIDS while 29.31% and 61.54% respectively feared someone in their family might become infected. Finally 63.79% of urban and 51.92% of rural adolescents were aware that a person can be HIV-infected yet appear healthy. Overall these findings indicate that although these secondary school students had acquired information about AIDS from a variety of sources much of this information was inaccurate. There is a need for school-based sex education programs to deepen students knowledge of HIV/AIDS.